The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient etiological opinions regarding the Veteran's chronic bilateral ear disability and BPPV. The RO is instructed to obtain updated VA treatment records and provide an adequate etiological opinion.
The deciding factor: The current opinions are inadequate as they do not address the etiology of the Veteran's BPPV, which was objectively diagnosed during the July 2022 examination.
- Claimed conditions
- BPPV, bilateral perforated tympanic membrane
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2023
- Citation
- 23005817
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and chronic lumbar pain as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities. The VA is required to obtain medical opinions regarding whether BPPV is due to or aggravated by tinnitus, any individual toxic exposure risk activity, or his right ankle disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's BPPV with tinnitus has been granted a 10 percent rating, which is the maximum allowed under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for BPPV was granted effective December 15, 2011. An initial increased rating of 30 percent for BPPV is also granted from that date.,From December 15, 2011 to May 22, 2012, the Veteran's claim for TDIU was granted due to his service-connected conditions preventing him from securing and maintaining a substantially gainful occupation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases of entitlement to a separate compensable rating for hearing loss associated with BPPV and chronic nonsuppurative otitis media, and secondary service connection for headaches due to incomplete development.
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